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Q:

Improve the given sentence if necessary.

No sooner had he completed his first novel than he fell seriously ill.

 

A) he had completed B) could he completed
C) he completed D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

Explanation:

'No sooner' is always followed by ‘Than’ and the verb comes before the subject. Thus, the sentence is grammatically and contextually correct. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘No sooner had he completed his first novel than he fell seriously ill’.

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Q:

Choose the word that best defines the given phrase

‘A style in which a writer makes a display of hisknowledge’

A) Verbose B) Pedantic
C) Ornate D) Pompous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Verbose

Explanation:

Verbose means using or expressed in more words than are needed.

Pedantic means excessively concerned with minor details or rules.

Ornate means elaborately or highly decorated.

Pompous means self-important

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

If you come across new words, you should look (them up) in the dictionary.

A) for them B) at them
C) them down D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

The instructor's rules were simple. Breathe through your mouth, not your nose; else the mask will fog up. Easier said than done; I got it wrong many a time. But once you fought habit and got the hang of it, the panoramic underwater world revealed itself to you with high-definition clarity.

Led by him, I slowly peered through the mask into what till then was crystal-clear water, shimmering in the sunlight. I saw pebbles, sand and my fluid shadow. I was in Nemo's universe. Sea cucumbers, sea anemone, clown fish, star fish, sea horses, parrot fish, butterfly fish and a bevy of colourful salt water fish swam past. A shoal of canary-yellow fish did a merry dance and another with vibrant blue fish followed it. They were oblivious to the snorkelers who struggled to take in the sight of a world so beautiful, so colourful, and resist opening their mouth wide in amazement; the tube would fall off!

What is 'Nemo'?

A) A name of an under water animal B) Name of the writer
C) Name of the instructor D) Name of a type of sea cucumber
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A name of an under water animal

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The government should

P : provide health insurance

Q : to buy their own

R : for those unable

A) PQR B) RPQ
C) QRP D) PRQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) PRQ

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.


Most of


P: had urban backgrounds


Q: Ministers of Japan


R: the erstwhile Prime

 

A) QPR B) RQP
C)  PQR D) RPQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) RQP

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.


Everyone expected Mary Zophres to win for her retro-revival Technicolor clothes in La La Land — the eventual winner, Colleen Atwood for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, seemed surprised too. But as other awards began to slip away from the well-reviewed musical, a theme could be teased out. What is Fantastic Beasts if not a plea for equal treatment of people, magical or otherwise? Then, Arrival, a film about the inherent benignity of aliens (read immigrants) won for Best Sound Editing. Hacksaw Ridge, which is, in a way, an anti-guns movie, won in two categories. Fences, about an African-American father who fears racial discrimination, took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Earlier, Moonlight, featuring two minority communities (black and gay), won for Best Supporting Actor. This turned out to be one of those years the Oscar voter was underestimated. As a majority of voters are actors, there was the tendency to think they'd reward La La Land, a celebration of creation: the heroine wants to make movies, the hero wants to make jazz. It looked like the year of The Artist all over again.

 

Colleen Atwood won which Award?

A) Best Costume Design for La La Land B) Best Supporting Actor for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
C) Best Supporting Actor for La La Land D) Best Costume Design for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Best Costume Design for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

Tarapur agreement guaranteed supplies of

 

P : Tarapur reactors for entire life

Q : enriched uranium fuel from

R : the US for running the

 

A) PRQ B) QRP
C) RQP D) PQR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) QRP

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